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Utilities Merchant Account

Reduce Your Credit Card Processing Fees up to 70%

Visa, MasterCard, and Discover offer significantly reduced credit card processing rates to businesses that provide waste management or utility services. These special rates are called the utility interchange rates, and to receive them your business must be set up with a Utilities merchant account.

Setting up a Utilities merchant account could reduce your monthly credit card processing fees by up to 60 - 70%, which would save your business thousands of dollars annually.

These Services Qualify for a Utilities Merchant Account

Waste Disposal & Waste Management Services

Residential Trash Collection

Container Rentals

Roll-Off Services

Water, Gas or Electricity Generation or Distribution

Sanitary Utility Services

If your business offers ANY of these services, Contact Us for a Free Rate Quote!

Utility Interchange Rates

The most important thing to know about a Utilities merchant account is that you do not pay a percentage discount rate on the credit and debit card payments you process. Instead, you only pay a flat, per transaction fee.

These transaction fees are the utility interchange rates, and they are listed in the table below. The utility interchange rates apply to swiped, keyed-in and online payments.

Card Type

Visa

MasterCard

Discover

Debit

$0.65

$0.45

$0.75

Credit

$0.75

$0.65

$0.75

Rewards

$0.75

$0.65

$0.75

Commercial

$1.50

$1.50

$1.50

Example:If your business processes a Visa consumer credit card payment in the amount of $500.00, you will only pay a $0.75 transaction fee on that sale.

Typically you would pay a discount rate of between 1.5% to 2.5% plus a transaction fee. But with a Utilities merchant account there is NO percentage discount rate; you only pay a transaction fee.

Additional Payment Solutions

In addition to credit card processing, we also provide the following payment solutions:

IVR (automated phone payments)

Electronic Check Conversion (ECC)

Check Guarantee & Verification

Back Office Conversion (BOC)

We can provide your business with an online payment gateway that will allow you to accept both credit card and check payments directly through your website. If this is something you need, let us know, and we will provide you with more details.

American Express OptBlue™

AMEX OptBlue allows us to provide your business with the highest level of service and support by consolidating all of your credit card processing under one roof.

We will handle your AMEX billing, funding, and customer support in-house, allowing us to become your single point of contact for all credit card processing related matters.

We will reduce your American Express discount rates by a minimum of .25% — guaranteed!

AMEX OptBlue Highlights:

Lower Discount Rates

Lower Transaction Fees

No Monthly Statement Fee

Next Day Funding On Deposits

Consolidated Monthly Reporting

Value-Added Benefits That We Offer for Free

Trash Your Higher Fees & Start Saving Money

Contact us today for a no-obligation Free Rate Quote. Send us a copy of your recent credit card processing statement, and we will complete a detailed rate quote showing how much money your business will save in processing fees with a Utilities merchant account. Your quote will be completed and sent to you within 24 hours.

Get a Free Quote

Send us a copy of your recent credit card processing statement and we will prepare a customized rate quote showing how much money your business will save in processing fees by switching to our service. We will complete and return your quote within 24 hours.